The championship won, Alan Mann gave Gardner his head for the final race of the series, at Brands Hatch in October, when the 'Motor Show 200' took its title from a race length of over 200 kilometres. Gardner celebrated by practising at two seconds a lap less than his own class record. Hobbs led for 15 laps from first Pierpoint and then Gardner, while Muir had a monumental blow-up on lap 1 to expire from the championship in a cloud of smoke while already having secured the class.
Once in the lead, Gardner romped away, particularly when Hobbs lost all gears except top, but by then Pierpoint had retired with some accident damage after contacting Costello's Mini when Pierpoint and Hobbs lapped a whole pack of back markers, going either side of them all on the approach to Paddock Bend. Third place was taken by Toine Hezemans from Holland in a Porsche, one of several Continental visitors to make this the most international meeting of the British championship series during the year.
The Broadspeed pair of Fitzpatrick and Craft did it all wrong after running in convoy with an easy lead, Rhodes being outpaced while using unsuitable, but long-lasting tyres for the l50-miles odd. Thinking they had won (because of a track-side indicator board's incorrect message) the two toured round side by side on the last lap, much to the annoyance of David Hobbs who was still racing in the Falcon, and they then pulled into the pit road, were waved back on to the track by a frantic Ralph Broad, but not before Alan Peer got his Escort up to second spot...